Day 100 is here! Wow! I can't even begin to express how thankful I am to have finally reached the last day on this journey – and believe me, there were several times when I wasn't sure I would make it. Early on, at say, day 14, I expressed reservations...
It's Friday the 13th. It's Day 99. It's possibly the debut of the greatest counter-programming movie matchup in the history of cinema. In one corner are the boys of Day 100 - that testosterone-laden wild bunch known as The Expendables. In the other is today's screening...
At day 98, I’m willing to give a little slack to the defiantly oddball indie comedy The Extra Man. That won’t stop hordes of filmgoers...
While watching the excellent indie thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed), I kept thinking of that line from the end of Star Wars as the bloated X-wing pilot...
I'm back at home in sunny Los Angeles for the final five-day stretch of movies, and just caught Rob Reiner's old-fashioned, young love story, Flipped, which focuses on the evolving relationship between two middle-schoolers...
Day 95 has been a busy one. We were up before dawn for a radio interview, sprinted back across town because I'd forgotten to shave (whoops) for a TV interview, turned right around for a newspaper interview, and are now taking a ten-minute breather...
To quote one of my favorite movie heroines, "there's no place like home." I've been back in Denver now for a day and a half, and it's just nice to know that some things never change in my hometown...
I'm at Austin International Airport waiting for a flight home to Denver. The last time I went to bed was over 32 hours ago. I just spent 10 hours in a movie theater. As soon as I land in Colorado, I'm headed straight back into a movie theater...
For some reason, it feels like I'm living in the movie Dazed and Confused. Part of it is because I'm in Austin, Texas, where Richard Linklater's coming-of-age classic...
Today's screening was for the informative, enlightening nuclear arms documentary Countdown to Zero, but – who am I kidding – at this point...
It's been 12 years since Todd Solondz' suburban dramedy Happiness arrived in theaters. To be honest, I couldn't remember much about the movie other than I had an adverse reaction to it. I was surprised by its ability to look unblinkingly on topics that were repugnant...
There's something achingly human and simple in every Robert Duvall performance. He's been in bad movies (Get Low is one of his best), but he's been in more good ones, and he's often directly responsible...
If earnestness counted for greatness, then Charlie St. Cloud would qualify as a completely winning movie. Alas, there are other factors to consider...
Equal parts Amazing Stories, Star Wars, Red Sonja and late night, R-rated cinemax - what's not to love about the adolescent animation for adults spectacular...
The bad news: due to unforeseen circumstances (ie: my friend Jenn's extended birthday party), I wasn't able to make it to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery screening of the supremely funny Airplane. The good news...